About Blood Donation Camp
There are children between age group of 0 to 14 years suffering from Thalassemia disease who require regular and lifelong transfusion of blood every 3-4 weeks for their survival depending on their health condition.
Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Society, an NGO situated at Sivarampally, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad is providing free treatment exclusively to Thalassemia patients.
As blood is needed in large quantities to save the life of such children, Telangana Meeseva Federation has decided to conduct a Blood Donation Camp on the occasion of Children's Day i.e. on 14th Nov 2021, to help those children with kind and soulful participation of all MeeSeva Franchisees / Operators / CSC VLEs and also general public.
About Thalassemia Disease
What is Thalassemia?
Thalassemia is an inherited (i.e., passed from parents to children through genes) blood disorder caused when the body doesn’t make enough of a protein called hemoglobin, an important part of red blood cells. When there isn’t enough hemoglobin, the body’s red blood cells don’t function properly and they last shorter periods of time, so there are fewer healthy red blood cells traveling in the bloodstream.
Red blood cells carry oxygen to all the cells of the body. Oxygen is a sort of food that cells use to function. When there are not enough healthy red blood cells, there is also not enough oxygen delivered to all the other cells of the body, which may cause a person to feel tired, weak or short of breath. This is a condition called anemia. People with thalassemia may have mild or severe anemia. Severe anemia can damage organs and lead to death.
How do I know if I have thalassemia?
People with moderate and severe forms of thalassemia usually find out about their condition in childhood, since they have symptoms of severe anemia early in life. People with less severe forms of thalassemia may only find out because they are having symptoms of anemia, or maybe because a doctor finds anemia on a routine blood test or a test done for another reason.
Because thalassemias are inherited, the condition sometimes runs in families. Some people find out about their thalassemia because they have relatives with a similar condition.
People who have family members from certain parts of the world have a higher risk for having thalassemia. Traits for thalassemia are more common in people from Mediterranean countries, like Greece and Turkey, and in people from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. If you have anemia and you also have family members from these areas, your doctor might test your blood further to find out if you have thalassemia.
Can I prevent thalassemia?
Because thalassemia is passed from parents to children, it is very hard to prevent. However, if you or your partner knows of family members with thalassemia, or if you both have family members from places in the world where thalassemia is common, you can speak to a genetic counselor to determine what your risk would be of passing thalassemia to your children.
About TSCS
"Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Society (TSCS) is a registered (Reg No. 5359) non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1998 representing mainly by a small group of patient’s parents, doctors, well-wishers, philanthropists, etc. to provide the best treatment and management to patients suffering from Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Anemia. Ever since we started, our priority has always been to improve our services provided to patients in accordance with the latest developments in treatment, management, and prevention of the same.
With the objective of helping all of our Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Anemia affected children, TSCS has established, well-maintained transfusion centre, high-quality blood bank, modern diagnostic laboratory, and advanced research centre under one roof to support more than 2800 registered patients for the past 22 years.
TSCS provides free consultation, free blood and transfusion facilities, unselling, investigations, and food for around 45-50 patients daily. We are proud to have eminent doctors, specialists, hemato-oncologist, pediatric endocrinologists, cardiologists, pediatricians, pathologists, ophthalmologists, dentists, radiologists, and research scientists associated with us in helping to provide the best comprehensive care and cure for our patients.
TSCS is putting its heart and soul into getting BMT (Bone Marrow Transplantation is the only cure for Thalassemia) done for the patients by doing free HLA typing, counseling them for BMT, and helping them financially which is a great social, mental and emotional support and relief to the family.
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